Chapter 56 Acorn Tofu
Passersby on the road saw a team of several hundred people, with cars and animals, carrying a lot of supplies, and stopped to watch. Their eyes showed curiosity, envy, greed, and each had their own thoughts.
People who travel by foot have no mood to care what others think. They all hope that time will pass faster and faster.
The sun set in the west, and the sky gradually darkened. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when they heard the familiar sound of the gong.
Not enough to eat, not enough rest, traveling from morning till night, and still having to work. It's unbearable, really unbearable.
Lin Zisu shook her head, shook off the sleepiness, and turned to look at the co-pilot. The one adult and three children, half of their faces covered with saliva, were full of envy.
Lin Youcai set up the folding table and chairs, sat down and opened the account book. Lin Youxing, Zhao Zhuang, Shen Anrong and Awang helped to weigh the acorn tofu.
Everyone lined up and exchanged the acorn tofu not according to their family work points, but according to their individual work points.
There is an upper limit on the amount of acorn tofu that can be exchanged, but no lower limit. The upper limit is that one person can only exchange 3 kilograms of acorn tofu at most, and there is no lower limit, which means that work points can be saved and not exchanged for acorn tofu.
Anyone in the team who has work points will exchange them to the upper limit.
No one has unlimited food. When you are on the road, food is your life.
One hour of duty is worth two work points (two points). One hour is two hours, so one work point is given for each hour.
Two work points can be exchanged for one pound of acorn tofu, and three pounds of acorn tofu can be exchanged for six work points.
Basically everyone had work points to exchange for acorn tofu, except for children who were too young to work.
For dinner today, everyone ate acorn tofu. Acorn tofu can be eaten cold, fried, boiled, or stewed in soup... All are possible. There are many ways to eat it.
However, the way of eating food in this era was monotonous, and there were very few seasonings. The seasonings in the north were salt, oil, and soybean paste, and the common people just used salt and homemade soybean paste.
Without chili peppers, ordinary people would not be able to afford Sichuan peppercorns, Sichuan peppercorns, and the like, as those were precious spices only available to the rich and powerful.
But there is garlic, and there is garlic to eat.
The Lin family has more than 20 people. Although there is still some food, there are too many people and it is not enough to eat. Fortunately, with more than 20 people, everyone can earn work points, it is just a matter of how much they earn.
Lin Zisu was also very happy when she saw everyone happily exchanging acorn tofu. It would be great if there were corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. Pumpkin, cassava, and taro would also be fine.
We know so little about this world, why haven't these crops come to this land yet?
Chili peppers, chili peppers, chili peppers! Where on earth could she find these chili peppers that she had been thinking about so much?
Lin Xianwen came over with the acorn tofu. "I want to eat spicy cold acorn tofu. Are there any seasonings in the car?"
Lin Zisu walked closer to the elder brother and lowered her voice and said, "There are still some left. If it doesn't work, there are still a lot of instant noodles. Use the seasoning packet..."
"...No way," Lin Xianwen moved closer and whispered, "The seasoning packet smells too fragrant and too strong... The smell will waft all over the road, that would be courting death!"
Lin Zisu: "That's right... You have to use chili oil sparingly, and use milk for garlic."
Lin Xianwen looked at the tofu in the basin and asked, "Don't you think acorn tofu and konjac tofu are very similar?"
Lin Zisu took a look at the brown acorn tofu in the basin. "From a distance, they are all brown and soaked in water. They do look alike. If you look closely, anyone with good eyesight will recognize them."
"That's true. It's very obvious if you look closely. They're different. I remember... ahem... we used to work together." Lin Xianwen looked around and saw that there was no one around. He whispered, "A colleague insisted that acorn tofu was konjac tofu. During lunch break, he argued with me for a long time. I searched for pictures online and showed them to him, but he was still skeptical."
Lin Zisu looked puzzled and said, "You searched online, but you're still skeptical? I guess you've never eaten acorn tofu... They don't eat it, so they're not familiar with it."
Lin Zisu thought for a few seconds, "No! That's not right! Acorns and konjac are two completely different plants! Apart from the fact that they are both edible, they have nothing in common! Acorns are nuts, they grow on trees! Konjac grows in the soil... Acorn tofu and konjac tofu, apart from the fact that their colors are a bit similar, the feel, texture, and taste of the tofu are completely different!"
Lin Xianwen smiled nostalgically, "Maybe he's not familiar with acorn tofu and konjac tofu. When I saw acorn tofu today, I remembered that scene. Things have changed and it feels like a very distant thing!"
"That's right, it's indeed a very far away thing! Aren't you tired of carrying it? Send it over quickly." Lin Zisu reminded.
"...I forgot about the chat, oh! Mom...Mom is still waiting!" Lin Xianwen walked quickly holding the wooden basin.
Lin Zisu stretched her body. The weather was getting colder and colder, especially in the morning and evening.
After she finished the event, there was still a small number of people queuing, so she walked over to join in the fun.
You can also take the small amount of coarse salt and coarse grains that I bought when I went to the city yesterday, but you have to buy them with silver.
Lin Youcai and Tao Mingyuan paid for the coarse salt and coarse grains. Of course, if you wanted more, you had to buy them with silver, and each person was not allowed to buy more than allowed.
There is still some salt and grain at home, so let those who are short of salt and grain buy some first. This was what the head of the village said in advance.
Lin Zisu looked at it for a while and found it boring, so she strolled off to see if they had spicy acorn tofu for dinner.
"Daya, can you bear to see your grandparents starving?! After we share the food with you, there won't be much left at home! You can't finish all this acorn tofu by yourself, and it won't last long. It will be a shame if it goes bad." A man stopped in front of the skinny child and spoke.
The acorn tofu is soaked in water and is weighed right after it is taken out, dripping wet.
The child held tightly the broken basket filled with the newly acquired acorn tofu. Water kept dripping from the bottom of the basket, wetting his shoes and the ground.
Lin Zisu leaned out and stretched her neck to see, isn't that Daya! She narrowed her eyes, Li Tiedan?! She knew that the Li family would never change their ways and would do something behind her back.
"Daya, Grandma Zhao is looking for you everywhere. Grandma Zhao!!! Daya is here!!!" Lin Zisu didn't give Li Tiedan time to react and shouted at the top of her voice.
The grandmother of the Zhao family is Li Juhua. There is no other way. She is older than her father. Her father calls Li Juhua "Auntie", so she has to call her "Grandma". Li Juhua takes care of Daya, protects her, and lends pots and firewood to Daya to cook.
Li Tiedan was not afraid of Li Juhua, but of Zhao the Butcher and her four sons. She was the only woman in her family.
When everyone heard Lin Zisu's shout, especially the Lin family, they all looked in her direction, thinking that something had happened to her.
Li Juhua was cooking acorn tofu. When she heard the shout, she quickly responded, "Shiso, call her over. I'm almost done cooking!"
As soon as Lin Zisu's voice rang out, Li Tiedan turned around and left quickly.
Lin Youfu walked over and said, "What's going on? What's going on? Zisu kid!!"
Lin Zisu signaled with her eyes, and the figure walked away, "Uncle, Daya!"
Lin Youfu instantly understood what a bastard Li Tiedan was.
Dahei wagged his tail and circled around Lin Zisu.
Lin Zisu squatted down and stroked the dog's head, "Daya, Grandma Zhao is calling you, go quickly!"
Daya nodded and said, "Thank you!" Then she ran towards the Zhao family with the basket in her arms.